Collect BambooHR debug evidence for support tickets and troubleshooting. Use when encountering persistent issues, preparing support tickets, or collecting diagnostic information for BambooHR API problems. Trigger with phrases like "bamboohr debug", "bamboohr support bundle", "collect bamboohr logs", "bamboohr diagnostic", "bamboohr troubleshoot".
Collect all diagnostic information for BambooHR API troubleshooting or support tickets. Captures connectivity tests, API response details, environment info, and redacted configuration.
curl available for API tests#!/bin/bash
# bamboohr-debug-bundle.sh — Run this, then send the .tar.gz to support
set -euo pipefail
BUNDLE_DIR="bamboohr-debug-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)"
mkdir -p "$BUNDLE_DIR"
DOMAIN="${BAMBOOHR_COMPANY_DOMAIN:?Set BAMBOOHR_COMPANY_DOMAIN}"
API_KEY="${BAMBOOHR_API_KEY:?Set BAMBOOHR_API_KEY}"
BASE="https://api.bamboohr.com/api/gateway.php/${DOMAIN}/v1"
exec > >(tee "$BUNDLE_DIR/summary.txt") 2>&1
echo "=== BambooHR Debug Bundle ==="
echo "Generated: $(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)"
echo "Company Domain: ${DOMAIN}"
echo "API Key: ${API_KEY:0:4}****${API_KEY: -4}"
echo ""
# ── Environment ──────────────────────────────────────
echo "--- Runtime Environment ---"
echo "Node.js: $(node --version 2>/dev/null || echo 'not installed')"
echo "npm: $(npm --version 2>/dev/null || echo 'not installed')"
echo "Python: $(python3 --version 2>/dev/null || echo 'not installed')"
echo "curl: $(curl --version 2>/dev/null | head -1)"
echo "OS: $(uname -a)"
echo ""
# ── API Connectivity Test ────────────────────────────
echo "--- API Connectivity ---"
echo -n "Directory endpoint: "
curl -s -o "$BUNDLE_DIR/directory-response.json" \
-w "HTTP %{http_code} | %{time_total}s | %{size_download} bytes\n" \
-u "${API_KEY}:x" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
"${BASE}/employees/directory"
echo -n "Employee endpoint: "
curl -s -o "$BUNDLE_DIR/employee-response.json" \
-w "HTTP %{http_code} | %{time_total}s | %{size_download} bytes\n" \
-u "${API_KEY}:x" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
"${BASE}/employees/0/?fields=firstName"
echo -n "Time off types: "
curl -s -o "$BUNDLE_DIR/timeoff-types-response.json" \
-w "HTTP %{http_code} | %{time_total}s\n" \
-u "${API_KEY}:x" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
"${BASE}/meta/time_off/types"
echo ""
# ── Response Headers (verbose for one endpoint) ─────
echo "--- Response Headers (directory) ---"
curl -s -I -u "${API_KEY}:x" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
"${BASE}/employees/directory" \
| grep -iE "^(x-bamboohr|content-type|retry-after|date|server)" \
> "$BUNDLE_DIR/response-headers.txt"
cat "$BUNDLE_DIR/response-headers.txt"
echo ""
# ── Project Dependencies ─────────────────────────────
echo "--- Project Dependencies ---"
if [ -f package.json ]; then
node -e "
const pkg = require('./package.json');
const deps = {...pkg.dependencies, ...pkg.devDependencies};
const bamboo = Object.entries(deps).filter(([k]) => k.includes('bamboo'));
const http = Object.entries(deps).filter(([k]) => ['axios','node-fetch','got','ky'].includes(k));
console.log('BambooHR packages:', bamboo.length ? bamboo.map(([k,v]) => k+'@'+v).join(', ') : 'none (using fetch)');
console.log('HTTP clients:', http.length ? http.map(([k,v]) => k+'@'+v).join(', ') : 'native fetch');
" 2>/dev/null || echo "Could not parse package.json"
fi
echo ""
# ── Configuration (redacted) ─────────────────────────
echo "--- Configuration (redacted) ---"
if [ -f .env ]; then
sed 's/=.*/=***REDACTED***/' .env > "$BUNDLE_DIR/config-redacted.txt"
echo "Found .env with $(wc -l < .env) lines"
else
echo "No .env file found"
fi
# ── Redact sensitive data from API responses ─────────
for f in "$BUNDLE_DIR"/*-response.json; do
if [ -f "$f" ]; then
# Remove email addresses and phone numbers from responses
sed -i 's/[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]*@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]*/***@redacted/g' "$f"
sed -i 's/[0-9]\{3\}[-. ][0-9]\{3\}[-. ][0-9]\{4\}/***-***-****/g' "$f"
fi
done
echo ""
echo "--- Bundle Complete ---"
# ── Package ──────────────────────────────────────────
tar -czf "$BUNDLE_DIR.tar.gz" "$BUNDLE_DIR"
echo "Created: $BUNDLE_DIR.tar.gz ($(du -h "$BUNDLE_DIR.tar.gz" | cut -f1))"
echo ""
echo "BEFORE SHARING: Review $BUNDLE_DIR/ for any remaining PII"
import { BambooHRClient, BambooHRApiError } from './bamboohr/client';
interface DiagnosticResult {
timestamp: string;
environment: Record<string, string>;
connectivity: {
endpoint: string;
status: number;
latencyMs: number;
error?: string;
}[];
}
async function collectDiagnostics(client: BambooHRClient): Promise<DiagnosticResult> {
const endpoints = [
'/employees/directory',
'/meta/time_off/types',
'/meta/lists/',
];
const connectivity = await Promise.all(
endpoints.map(async (endpoint) => {
const start = Date.now();
try {
await client.request('GET', endpoint);
return { endpoint, status: 200, latencyMs: Date.now() - start };
} catch (err) {
const status = err instanceof BambooHRApiError ? err.status : 0;
return {
endpoint, status, latencyMs: Date.now() - start,
error: (err as Error).message,
};
}
}),
);
return {
timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
environment: {
nodeVersion: process.version,
platform: process.platform,
companyDomain: process.env.BAMBOOHR_COMPANY_DOMAIN || 'NOT SET',
apiKeySet: process.env.BAMBOOHR_API_KEY ? 'yes' : 'NO',
},
connectivity,
};
}
bamboohr-debug-YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS.tar.gz archive containing:
summary.txt — Environment, connectivity, and dependency infodirectory-response.json — Redacted API response sampleresponse-headers.txt — BambooHR-specific headersconfig-redacted.txt — Environment config with secrets removedAlways redact before sharing:
Safe to include:
X-BambooHR-Error-Message header values| Issue | Cause | Solution |
|---|---|---|
| curl not found | Not installed | Install curl or use Node.js version |
| Permission denied | Script not executable | chmod +x bamboohr-debug-bundle.sh |
| Empty response files | Auth failure | Check API key before running |
| Large bundle size | Too many response files | Reduce to key endpoints only |
For rate limit issues, see bamboohr-rate-limits.